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New York 61st Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:25/10/1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • New York City, New York
  • Muster Out Date:14/07/1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • Astor Regiment, New York
    • 1st Clinton Guard Regiment, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Israel B. Richardson
    • Brigadier General John C. Caldwell
    • Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Brigadier General Winfield S. Hancock
    • Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock
    • Colonel Edward E. Cross
    • Colonel Francis C. Barlow
    • Colonel George W. Scott
    • Colonel George W. Von Schack
    • Colonel H. Boyd McKeen
    • Colonel Nelson A. Miles
    • Colonel Thomas J. Parker
    • Lieutenant Colonel K. Oscar Broady
    • Lieutenant Colonel Nelson A. Miles
    • Lieutenant Colonel William Massett
    • Major General Israel B. Richardson
    • Major General Winfield S. Hancock
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Glendale30/06/186230/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Fort Stedman25/03/186525/03/1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
High Bridge6/04/18657/04/18651 day(s)Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1/07/18621/07/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Bristoe Station14/10/186314/10/1863< 1 dayPrince William County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)5/04/18624/05/186229 day(s)York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Sailor's Creek6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31/05/18621/06/18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
White Oak Swamp30/06/186230/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
White Oak Road31/03/186531/03/1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Mine Run27/11/18632/12/18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Second Deep Bottom14/08/186420/08/18646 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Hatcher's Run5/02/18657/02/18652 day(s)Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Cumberland Church7/04/18657/04/1865< 1 dayFarmville, Cumberland County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Ream's Station25/08/186425/08/1864< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Cedar Creek19/10/186419/10/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Gainesville17/08/186417/08/1864< 1 dayGainesville, Florida
Fair Oaks, Virginia30/05/186230/05/1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Malvern Hill, Virginia2/07/18622/07/1862< 1 dayMalvern Hill, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia1/06/18621/06/1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Farmville7/04/18647/04/1864< 1 dayFarmville, Virginia

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